Regional flood occurrence in the culmination zone of medium-high mountain ranges by tree-ring based reconstruction: frequency, triggers, dynamics

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723055638" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723055638</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166938" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166938</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Regional flood occurrence in the culmination zone of medium-high mountain ranges by tree-ring based reconstruction: frequency, triggers, dynamics

Original language description

Floods are among the most dangerous geohazards in Central Europe. Their occurrence is often the result of the cumulative contribution of sub-catchments in the culmination zone of a mountain range, which subsequently has a devastating effect in the foreland. However, data on discharges from gauging stations are mostly missing from these sites (high-gradient streams), which are crucial to understanding the origin of floods in low-lying populated areas where they can cause significant damage. Therefore, this study focuses on an extensive reconstruction of flood events in 13 sub-catchments in the culmination zone of the Orlicke hory Mts. Flood events were reconstructed using dendrogeomorphic approaches, currently the most accurate absolute dating method. The analysis revealed 111 floods in all sub-catchments during the 34 to 84 year period by dating 844 growth disturbances in a tree-ring series of 632 trees (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) damaged during the floods. Regional reconstruction across the mountain range revealed events of regional and local significance, with no direct link between event magnitude and areal extent. This is consistent with the two dominant rainfall patterns identified that likely triggered the floods (short-term extreme rainfall and medium-term above-average rainfall). In particular, however, the study revealed several patterns of spatial transformation of flood events from source sub-catchments to their form captured at gauging stations in the foreland. The combination of various lines of evidence (geomorphic mapping, growth disturbance patterns, spatial pattern of flooding) suggests a limited erosional effect of most of the reconstructed events. The findings thus shed new light on the overall dynamics of floods in the mountain massif and their impact on flood discharges in the foreland.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science of the total environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

1879-1026

Volume of the periodical

905

Issue of the periodical within the volume

December

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

"Article Number: 166938"

UT code for WoS article

001079816000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85171151011